Marie Losier

exhibition view Hooky Wooky by Marie Losier. Antre Peaux, Transpalette. 22 February – 31 August, 2025
© Jean-Christophe Lett

exhibition view Hooky Wooky by Marie Losier. Antre Peaux, Transpalette. 22 February – 31 August, 2025
© Jean-Christophe Lett

exhibition view Hooky Wooky by Marie Losier. Antre Peaux, Transpalette. 22 February – 31 August, 2025
© Jean-Christophe Lett

exhibition view Hooky Wooky by Marie Losier. Antre Peaux, Transpalette. 22 February – 31 August, 2025
© Jean-Christophe Lett

exhibition view Excesso Chamalo by Marie Losier, (photo Aurélien Mole)

exhibition view Excesso Chamalo by Marie Losier, (photo Aurélien Mole)

Marie Losier
Gloopie au paradis (Ben Russell), 2023
aquarelle and pencil on paper
57,5 x 82,5 cm

Marie Losier
jolis pieds poilus, 2023
céramic
33 x 13 x 9 / 33 x 13,5 x 10 cm

Marie Losier
Elise et Leo au grand galop!, 2023
aquarelle and pencil on paper
97 x 120 cm

Marie Losier
Hansel/ Gretel/ Pretzel, 2023
ceramic
15 x 10,5 x 10 cm /20 x 9 x 14 cm / 15 x 6,5 x 14 cm

Marie Losier
Super 8 carnivore, 2023
ceramic
35,5 x 29 x 7,5 cm

Marie Losier
Da Da Da (David Legrand), 2023
aquarelle and pencil on paper
89,5 x 79 cm / 86 x 97 cm with frame

Marie Losier
Sing sing, sleep slap (Sing Sing/Florian Caschera), 2023
aquarelle and pencil on paper
91,5 x 63 cm / 72 x 99 cm with frame

Marie Losier
Taxidermisez-moi, 2021
video (2021), feathers and acrylic on wood
ed. 1/3
41 x 43 x 43 cm

Marie Losier
Taxidermisez-moi , 2021
camera 16mm, 9.45’min Marie Losier Rire et Dance, 2021
video (2021), glitter, mirrors and acrylic on wood
ed. 1/3
33,5 x 37 x 40cm

Marie Losier
Rire et Dance, 2021
with camera 16mm
ed. 1/3
5.22’min

Marie Losier
Flying Saucey, 2021 (video 2006)
wig and acrylic on wood
film : 1.59′ / box : 37 x 40 x 33 cm
ed. 2/3

Marie Losier
Lunch break on the xerox machine, 2003
with a camera 16mm
3 minutes

MoMA, performance with Felix Kubin New York November 2018

MoMA, performance with Felix Kubin New York November 2018

Elina Lowenshon, 2019 oil paint on rice paper 98 x 65 cm / 104 x 72 cm (with frame) (photograph Aurélien Mole)

David Legrand, 2019 oil paint on rice paper 98 x 61 cm  / 104 x 72 cm (with frame) (photograph Aurélien Mole)

exhibition Hello Hapiness, centre d’art le BBB, Toulouse le Printemps de Septembre

Elina et les paillettes, 2019 film 9 minutes, wooden box and feathers 37 x 40 x 33 cm (photograph Aurélien Mole) Felix aux pays des merveilles, 2019 film / box and green moss 37 x 41 x 38 cm (photograph by Aurélien Mole) installation Eat My Make-up! film 6’, 2005

Eat My Make-up! film 6’, 2005

Tim Tim, 2019 oil paint on rice paper 71,5 x 56  / 78 x 64 cm (with frame) (photograph Aurélien Mole)

Marie Losier (born in 1972, lives and works in Paris) is a filmmaker and artist whose practice combines film, video, drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance. Based in New York for over twenty years, she creates poetic and avant-garde portraits of filmmakers, musicians, and artists including Alan Vega, the Kuchar brothers, Guy Maddin, Tony Conrad, Genesis P-Orridge, Peaches, and Felix Kubin.

Her films have been presented at major international film festivals, including Cannes, the Berlinale, the Venice Film Festival, IDFA, Tribeca, and Cinéma du Réel. In 2018, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, presented a complete retrospective of her work and acquired her films for its permanent collection.

Her work has been presented at major institutions including Tate Modern, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Pompidou, Jeu de Paume, and MAC VAL

marielosier.com

Solo exhibitions

2017
la face cachée de la réalisatrice, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
2016
Hello Happiness, Centre national des arts modernes de la République du Bélarus
La Parole du Hibou, Festival (TJCC), vidéo et performance, programmation de Joris Lacoste au théâtre de Gennevilliers

Group exhibitions

2015
Villa Arson – L’ECLAT, residency and film commission, Galerie Carrée, L’Échappée Vive (Nice, France) BUREAU, Galerie NYC: group show / looping films ! (USA)
MAC VAL, screening, collective exhibition Chercher le Garçon (France)
Triennial of Vendôme, L’art de s’égarer ou l’image du bonheur . A 3 month installation: cinema, sets, costumes, and performances. A collaboration piece by Marie Losier and La Galerie du Cartable (France)
Festival (TJCC), Théâtre de Gennevilliers. Video and performance. Curated by Joris Lacoste, collaboration with Simon Fravega (Gennevilliers, France)
Festival Rencontres Internationales, Transpalette – Contemporary Art Center. Performance withFelix Kubin, Bandits-Mages (Bourges, France)
St Petersburg Contemporary Art Museum, film installation & video (Russia)
Kunstverein in Hamburg, A Paradise Built in Hell, Scopitone installation and films (Germany)

2014
Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier. Cassandro El Exotico! : direction, performance, film installation… with Cassandro, Barbara Carlotti, Simon Fravega, Louise de Ville… (Paris)
Festival Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Biopic, with Jonathan Caouette and Bertrand Burgalat (Paris)

2013
Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier. Marie Déménage !, direction and performance, installation, with Joana Preiss, Peaches, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Simon Fravega, Jonathan Caouette…
Galerie Préface : Célébration, collaboration with Simon Fravega

Filmography

Barking in the Dark, 43min, color, 16mm, music by The Residents (2025)
with The Residents, Homer Flynn, Leigh Barbier and Marlene Saldana. Produced by Mathilde Delaunay, Barberousse Films

Peaches goes Bananas, (2024), Shot on 16mm, HD, color, 73min, produced by Tamara Films/Carole Chassaing, Paris and Michigan Film, Bruxelles.

La Nature -music video- (2022), 16 mm, 5 min, film, color, produced by Tamara Films, film by Marie Losier and Simon Fravega, with ARLT (Sing Sing and Eloise Decaze), music by ARLT from the album Turnetable

Taxidermisez moi (2021), 16mm, 10 min, color, with David Legrand, Jean-Pierre Petit, Simon Fravega, François Chaignaud, Eloise Decaze; premiered at FID Marseille 2021, Flash competition

Electric Storm, 100 Years of Theremine -music video- (2020), 16mm, 6 min, film, color, music by Dorit Chrysler, produced by Moog and Tamara Films, with Dorit Chrysler

Download Yourself – music video – (2020), 16mm, 5 min, film, color, music composed and sung by Felix Kubin, with Felix Kubin, Sophie Cavoulacos, Tony Torn, Juliana & M.J Francis Kelly, Oleg and Dima Dubson, Guy Greenberg, Dorit & Eik Chrysler, Marianne Shaneen, Victoria Keddie, M.V Carbon, Bradley Eros, Sam, Angie & Anna Diiorio, Margarita Jimeno, Joel Schlemowitz, Rachael & Gabriel Guma Rene Abernathy, Amelie Garin Davet, Steve Dalachinsky

Whitch is witch? (2020), 16mm, 6 min, film, color, with Felix Kubin, Joana Preiss, Claire Doyon and Elina Lowenhson

Felix in Wonderland! (2019), 16mm, 52 min, film, color and B&W, sound, music by Felix Kubin, with Felix Kubin

Cassandro, The Exotico! (2018), 16mm, 73 min, film, color, sound, with Cassandro alias Saul Almendariz Images of a Work #22 : Infinite Now (2017), video, 20 min, color, sound, commissioned by IRCAM and Cinéma Du Réel, film on Chaya Czernowin, composer and Professor of music at Harvard University

L’Oiseau de la Nuit (2015), 16mm, 20 min, color, with Deborah Kristal, Joao Pedro Rodriguez, Joao Rui Guerra DaMata… Omnibus Film, HERE LISBON, produced by Indielisboa with Denis Cote, Gabriel Abrantes and Dominga Sotomaya

L’échappée Vive (2015), video, 24 min, color, co-directed with Catherine Libert, with Noël Dola & Ben Vaultier

Peaches and Jesper are on a boat, who stays afloat ? (2014), video, color, 5 min, with Peaches and Jesper Just / Venice Biennial

Bim, Bam, Boom, Las Luchas Morenas! (2014), 16mm, color, 13 min, with The Moreno Sisters Alan Vega, Just a Million Dreams (2013), 16mm, color, 13 min, with Alan Vega, Liz Lamereand Dante Vega

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011), 16mm, color, sound, 72 min, with Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye, Psychic TV…

Buyn, Objet Trouvé (2012), 16mm, color, 6min, with Byun Chong and Kiya Chong Cet Air Là (2010), 16 mm, B&W, 3 min, with April March and Julien Gasc

Slap the Gondola! (2010), 16 mm, 15min, music April March, with April March, Tony Conrad and Genesis P-Orridge

Papal Broken Dance (2009), super 8 & 16 mm, 6 min, music PTV3, with Genesis P-Orridge Tony Conrad

Dreaminimalist (2008), 16mm, sound, 27 min, with Tony Conrad

Jaye Lady Jaye (2008), 16 mm, sound, 3 min, with Lady Jaye and PTV3

Snow Beard (2008), 16 mm, sound, 3 min, with Mike Kuchar

Manuelle Labor (2007), 16 mm, super 8, sound, 10 min, collaboration with Guy Maddin

Flying Saucey! (2006), 16 mm, color, sound, 9 min, with Flux Factory

The Ontological Cowboy (2005), 16 mm, color, sound, 15min, with Richard Foreman

Eat Your Makeup! (2005), 16 mm, color, sound, 6 min, with George Kuchar

Electrocute Your Stars (2004), 16 mm, color, sound, 10 min, with George Kuchar

Bird, Bath, and Beyond (2003), 16 mm, color, sound, 13 min, with Mike Kuchar

Lunch Break on the Xerox Machine (2003), 16 mm, B&W, silent, 3 min Sanitarium Cinema (2002), video, color, sound, 9 min

The Passion of Joan Arc (2002), video, color, sound, 9 min

Broken Blossoms (2002), video, color, sound, 10 min

Loula Meets Charlie (2002), video performance at the Ontological Theater, 7 min

The Touch Retouched (2002), video, color, sound, 6 min

CRASH April 2025 by Lise Guéhenneux

OPTICAL SOUND*April 2022 by P. Nicolas Ledoux et Pierre Beloüin

SO FILM*November 2021 by Julie Mengelle

PERSONA*October 2021 by Caroline Filiette

ARTFORUM April 2020 review by Lillian Davies
THE ART NEWSPAPER * February 2020 by Camille Viéville
LE MONDE * 21 November 2019 by Clarisse Fabre
MEDIAPART * 7 December 2018 by Cédric Lépine
MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL * Fall 2019 by Joel Schlemowitz

Affaires Culturelles, Marie Losier et Arnaud Laporte, France Culture, 27 June 2023

<input> Marie Losier et Julien Bécourt, Fondation Pernod Ricard, 19 April 2023

Par les temps qui courent de Marie Richeux, France Culture, 13 November 2019